BOROUGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7822, 15 June 1909, Page 2

BOROUGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The ordinary meeting of the^Borough School Committee was held last Apoloii^ reived from M«m Craighead.aiid Uissm for-Absence, owing to itfeess.- „ j-x i 1 The chairman! -reported U ■&*s** bal" arice at the' barikl of £H 7§M. r- — Mr E.-..0. Craighead ha* of thsf St. Andrew's Stftfda>y schobl teachers, sppfymg- for' the' lisa of fhe school for tM^tin'ual Sunday sefiool examination.—The application, on the motion of Mr Undriff, If to Slanted. Mr R. Blair, secretary for wkumner School Council, wrote asking for the use of the school as sleeping quarters for some of those who would attend the conference in connection with the Sttmiier school, which - would be held #t Asfttj-.tfrton in , December-Janu-Mr Clark moved .thai th« request be granted, the s'clitiol to fee left m good order after being, used,. aind. on conditions that it was irisiife,d agalflst fire while-, the members of the 1 cbnference had possession. . „. The motion was opposed by Mr Hayes,- who doubted the right of the oommitie'e to allow the school to be used v practically, for the purposes of an hotel. He thought that the committee might get into serious trouble if the school should happen' to get burnt' down. .-. 'i Mr Priest thought it might be asi well to first place the matter before the Education Board._ ■'..' r ./ + ..' < : It was stated by tHe chairman that 1 the Council- would, take out an insurance policy, and so protect the committeo against loss. " .' It was finally agreed that trie, request be granted, provided the Education Board offered no objection. Lieutenant McFa'.rlarie. wrote with reference to the shed on the rifle range, in which several cadet corps had been interested. Changes had taken place, which made it necessary for the Borough school cadets to have a separate shed. Plans and specifications had been prepared by a gentleman interested in the cadets, and the cost of the. new shed would be about £13. Half of this amount the corps was prepared to find, and the committee was asked to contribute the remaining half, Mr Hayes moved that a sum" of:£6 10s be voted, and this was seconded by Mr McCallum. • Mr Hewson moved as an amendment that £5 be voted out of the Hobby Fund, and, so as to bring the amount up to £6 10s, that each member of the committee subscribe 5s each out of his own pocket. . Mr Priest commented on the fact that the cadets had, without referring the matter to the committee, sold their interest in the old shed. He certainly did not think that the committee should bo called upon to find so large a sum as £6 10s. The chairman pointed out that Mr Hewson's amendment was out of order. No one could dictate to the membersof the committee as to what amount they should give to any definite object. The request made by Lieutenant MeFarlahe was a reasonable, one. ' The moneys raised by the recent bazaar were for disbursement as the committee thought fit, and he thought that to make a grant to the cadet corps for the purpose named would be quite proper. .. The secretary'!nere ■ stated that hehad never before known solarge >ai sum of money ~tp be 'spent so quickly as that amount ';■ raised by the last Hobby Show. The money was going, rapidly, and the fund would shortly bo exhausted. • ■-. The motion was carried. • The Headmaster reported that the school had opened.after the midwinter vacation:on May 25. The average attendance since then had been: Main school—Average, 338.7; highest, '348; roll number, 380. Allenton—Average, 92.8;. highest, 96; roll number,?-102. The month had been .remarkable! for sickness, and the consequent- absence of several members of the staff.'*»'•.'ltwas stated that of the fifteen pr^es offered by the A. and P. Association for . competition in ,cookery,, ipenmanship, drawing and tinting at its Win-; ter Show, eleven had been gained -by scholars attending the Borough school; A pressing necessity at the school-,,was a bicycle shed. At present the children who used bicycles had to place them in the porches, where they might act as dangerous obstacles in. case of a stampede... . .'■ . .■/. .--,••■■ On the motion of Mr Hayes, seconded by Mr Undrill, it was resolved to make representations to the Education Board with the object of having a shelter, shed for bicycles erected. The Visiting Committee reported on several small matters, and, on the motion of Mr Hewson, the report was adopted, and the, same gentlemen (Messrs Clark and Undrill) were appointed a visiting committee for, the ensuing month, with authority to carry out such works as they had recommended in their report. The Education Board wrote informing the committee that the Ashburton school would,, be painted in its turn; also that the request for a direct outlet from one of the rooms had been laid aside for the present, while the application for maps and apparatus had been referred to the Inspector. Accounts amounting to £9 17 S 9d were passed for payment, and this concluded the business.